captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, and in hd, this is abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> thank you for being here with us this noon. i am pamela brown. investigators want to know how man's body ended up in a manassas pond to today police identified him as 24-year-old marcus eugene hill. his body was found last night floating in a pot off diggs road in manassas, and that is where we go live with the details. >> residents say that on tuesday night, he disappeared during a get together here in an apartment near the spot at the brentwood apartment complex in

manassas. they sit there was alcohol at the party and he appeared intoxicated before he went missing. two days later, he was found dead. >> sat, first of all. you wonder why it happened. >> he attended a party at the brentwood apartment complex in manassas. neighbors say there was alcohol involved and also alleged there were drugs involved, too. the medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. >> the most of the other factors. -- there must have been other factors. >> what is unclear is how he died and why his body ended up in it appointed -- ended up in the pond. >> i have been looking at it since yesterday it had turtles on it but we did not know. >> one resident said that he found his car and cigarettes on the doorstep.

-- coke and cigarettes on the doorstep. -- coat and cigarettes on the doorstep. a search and rescue team was called in. >> they put up a police line and a lot of equipment. >> some residents say they were worried about the children playing near the pond then this happened. >> i saw the kids and trying to catch the turtles breed is really bad. -- i saw the kids try to catch the turtles. it is really bad. >> officials want the pond fenced off, too. there are signs on the perimeter of the water that clearly say, "no swimming, no entry into the water," but some say that is not enough. property management for brentwood apartments would not comment on this story. >> two new suspects will appear in court today accused of connections to last month's mass shooting in d.c. a third suspect is still on the loose. prosecutors have dropped charges

against a 14-year-old who was behind the wheel during that of the drive by. -- during the deadly drive by. >> it seems like it goes on and on. >> just when residents in this neighborhood thought they were close to closure, word of another twist. on thursday, authorities cleared a 14-year-old malik carter of any involvement in the drive-by shooting. originally police thought he was behind the wheel of a getaway van. instead, robert bost and lamar williams are under arrest, both 22 years old and facing multiple murder charges. >> there was significant development among the witnesses in terms of the interviews and what they were saying about what happened. >> based on the latest developments, including fingerprint evidence, the district attorney general's office dropped all 41 charges against carter, a surprising

decision for the southeast resident who asked us not to give out her name. >> get everything out paper and make sure you have everything before you accuse anybody. >> those who lost loved ones in the shooting say they don't know what to believe now. >> very confused. i was so sure. >> officials said that the suspect being sought by police may be the last person of interest, but the investigation is still ongoing. >> let's turn to the weather now. a gorgeous friday today, with plenty of sunshine across the region. we better enjoy it while we can. adam caskey has more on the weather. >> our weekend will be pretty unsettled. until then, enjoy what we have up there. a great friday. sneak out of work a few hours early if you can pull it off. hear from the weather center, we are looking at chesapeake beach, looking over the bay.

by sunrise over the bay. hardly a cloud in the sky. a department to clouds developed, especially across the western parts of the -- a few patchy clouds developed, especially across the western parts of the region. manassas at 70. wide range of temperatures. for most of us, a little bit warmer in some locations. storm system slowly pushing through our region and now. i will detail the rainshowers coming up. >> in the gulf of mexico, rescue teams are still searching for survivors of the oil rig solution but hope is dwindling. 11 workers are still missing. the focus is moving towards preventing an environmental disaster. crews are trying to contain the oil that spilled after the blast, but the coast guard said that no oil appears to be spilling from where the rig sank. >> we have a sonar and a vision will feed into our command

center to right now there is no crude emanating from the wellhead. >> they are trying to mop up the oil before it hits the coastline. almosto's airspace is free of any remnants of the full panic ash clouds that caused massive flight disruptions over the past week the cloud has shrunk to end area between iceland and scotland. flights across europe are expected to proceed as normal today. the sec has been accused of being asleep at the switch as the financial crisis unfolded. it turns out that some officials were wide awake watching pornography on company time. >> in the midst of the wall street meltdown, several sec watchdogs were watching something else, porn, lots of it. >> it is reckless and indicate contempt for the taxpayer and the taxpayer interest in monitoring financial markets. these guys feel they can do

whatever they want. we talk about the arrogance of wall street? look at this. >> the most senior violators include a senior attorney in washington, who spent up to eight hours a day accessing internet porn and had boxes full of pornographic cds and dee d -- and dvds in his office. another is accused of attempting to access websites 1800 times at a two-week period, and she had 600 pornographic images on our government hard drive. and a senior enforcement attorney had a drive connected to a computer with the five videos depicting hard-core pornography. >> these guys are at, at no question about it. this will not end unless someone puts a stop to it. >> the watchdog uncovered 30 when serious offenders over the past 2.5 years. while that is -- 31 serious

offenders of the past 2.5 years. 17 of those were senior officers with salaries ranging from $100,000 to $222,000 the year. the report also revealed that some of the abuses happened as recently as four weeks ago, and several vendors are still, the job. -- still on the job. >> a maryland pastor is facing charges, accused of sexually abusing a boy. he is the pastor at the faith and deliverance church. he was arrested and charged with sodomy and sexual abuse. charging documents say that the abuse began around christmas and the boy had internal injuries. a 16-year-old boy in virginia is suspected of possessing, reproducing, and distributing child pornography over the internet. a tip to the national center of missing and exploited children was given in february.

police hope that a second vehicle could provide new details concerning the murder of a popular dc principal. montgomery county police said that two suspects and two vehicles were likely involved in the murder of brian betts. a vehicle was detected around home around 12:13 last thursday morning. they're not describing the vehicle, but asking anyone with information to call police. a military dog has gone missing for hours at dulles international airport but the dog somehow escaped from his great wednesday night and ended up on the tarmac. -- from his crate wednesday night and ended up on the tarmac. the doberman was spotted in a remote part of the airport. he is being trained to be a bomb dog. coming up, all stark testimony at attacking trial in tennessee. sarah palin takes the stand.

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hacking. an fbi agent testified about how he was able to piece together evidence. 11 suspects from africa's coast are in virginia to face trial. the u.s. government indicted the 11 suspects in a federal courthouse in norfolk. they're accused of attacking u.s. navy ships. the men were captured in two separate fights. a showdown is looming in the senate over financial reform. senate majority leader harry reid scheduled a key test vote on monday that could cast how unified republicans are in opposing the bill could bipartisan talks aimed at hammering out the language are continuing, but harry reid says that it is time to move forward. >> no matter how long you try to delay this, we will never let a crisis like this happen again. >> the administration says it wants to end bailouts. i say to them, approve it. -- prove it.

>> if republicans remain united, they could delay the start of a formal debate on the bill. the finding of a new report by economic experts at the health and human services department warned that medicare cuts may be unrealistic and unsustainable. a maryland school is getting funding from the vatican for a cutting edge research in its themselves. the vatican announced it is donating millions of dollars for research into adults themselves did the research is being led by the university of maryland school of -- research into adult stem cells. the research is being led by the university of maryland school medicine. it is a meeting of the world bank and imf in downtown washington. 18th and 19th and 20th streets will be closed from potee street to pennsylvania avenue. -- g street to pennsylvania

avenue. parkton will be restricted. dramatic video of tornadoes through west texas. take a look at this, storm chasers spotted this mass of a final quashing the roads that got into texas, and another one touchdown in texas thursday afternoon. no injuries were reported the area could get more severe weather this afternoon. >> it is that season. may is usually the peak in tornadoes but it dies down into the dog days of summer. anyway, the area has been quiet, a tornado-wise. unsettled are around here for the weekend. not a total washout. will there be some time? yes, a little bit. have the umbrella handy all weekend. right now, 65 in the district.

woodbridge is exceptionally warm. damascus curley and 59. here is the sun rise over the district this morning. beautiful sunrise, mostly clear. just a few scattered clouds out there. beginning to develop northwest in the metro area. 67 currently at reagan national did not to the strong stand. -- 67 currently at reagan national. now to be stormed stand. get a wide enough of you and you can see just a few showers associated with that cloud. heading towards the roanoke and lynchburg area. the main driving force with that rain is the warm front, and of course, that low pressure system. this is a slow-moving the low pressure system. the warm front will be going into effect as early as tomorrow morning with increasing clouds

into the nighttime hours. then the center of low pressure will slowly pushed through, i am talking over the next four to maybe five days, giving us unsettled weather and off and on at showers. this evening, if you are heading out to the national park, looking pretty good. starting at 66 and dropping out to near 60 by the time at the game comes to an end grid and the just the high, thin clouds are increasing. temperatures mild come in below- to-mid-fifties for the most part. for the weekend, a few light showers, light rain here and they're off and on through the day. sunday, i do think we will break into some sunshine, but that will self-destruct, because it will destabilize the atmosphere. downpours off and on by sunday afternoon. we are not about an inch below

average of the petite. -- we are about an inch below average locally. >> a special ceremony at the white house for some of the countries newest citizens. >> it is a great honor to serve as your commander-in-chief, and it is my greatest pleasure to be among the first to greet you as a fellow american. >> president obama posted 24 active-duty members of the military. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano hosted this our money -- the ceremony to swear them in as citizens of the united states. video from a state trooper shows the stock leading police through a winding back road to a blazing fire at his family's home. the german shepherd ran to the officer's car and then raced to the house, making sure that the officer was following. the honor reportedly told the

doctor find help. the workshop that caught fire was destroyed, but the owners of only minor burns. -- the owner suffered only minor burns. heard testimony set her to jail for life, so why does she spent so much time trying to get out? spent so much time trying to get out? later, "oprah,"

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"20/20." >> hey, how are you today? >> i am great. a man was convicted of rape and sent to prison, but a woman comes out later and says it never even happened. why did she make up this lie in the first place? >> it is one of those stories where you think you know everything when you hear it. the false accusation, it did not really happened, and ultimately, justice had to be served. and yet the rationale for what happens brings in some money to questions we have in life about how you tell the -- so many questions we have in life about how you tell the truth, the nature of getting justice in the legal system. what happened with these two is really a fascinating story, and has a lot of hardship on both sides. the answer to the question of why is very complicated. why that night, like the next day, the story continued, why

did she believed it did not happen, why did she believed she had to say in the first place? how was william able to influence of the legal system or not, for years? it is a really interesting story. i was actually shocked when we were doing the reporting how often i found myself not actually getting the full scope of the story. took a long time to understand everything that happened at. >> we will be sure to tune in. thank you so much for being here be sure to tune in tonight at 10:00 to catch the full report on "20/20," then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. on "20/20," then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00.

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>> the first dog stole the show from the first lady at the white house. >> do i like living in the white house? yes, it is fun. you cannot live life without such couples, right? you love got to rob the troubles. -- without vegetables, right? you have got to have vegetables. >> michelle obama was meeting for the bring your child to work day p. staff escorted at the dog out but kids protested so much that he was brought back in. he just wanted attention. >> raise your paw you want to

bark. let's go to the storm scan. it is the the pressure system on the far left side of the screen that will slowly move to the metro area uh. it took us more great than blue in our skies with off and on showers. a few off and on a showers during the day tomorrow. sunday will be the warmest sector of the storm system. comfortable, 70's, but if the but of sunshine. -- but a little bit of sunshine. >> get the rain jacket and no. let out. thank you for being with us. we hope you have a great weekend.